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James' test for minimal mentality, cited as describing morphogenesis.

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  • Philosopher cited for the principle 'thoughts are thinkers'—foundational to Levin's framework of active memory.

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  • variationconcept0.741
    The subtle differences among repeated elements necessary to avoid mechanical uniformity.
  • The principle that a truly adaptive process cannot have a predetermined end-state; adaptation means changes cannot be foreseen.
  • Method for extracting linear directions by subtracting mean activations of contrastive groups; used to define the Assistant Axis
  • The adaptive, incremental nature of living process, allowing small steps with continuous evaluation and adjustment.
  • William James' definition of intelligence, 1890, quoted as a cybernetic benchmark.
  • Patch-Closureconcept0.717
    A set property meaning all coordinate patches of its elements remain within the set; proved equivalent to axis-aligned hyperrectangles
  • ambiguityconcept0.717
    Multiple possible meanings for words like Alice, disambiguated by context; harder when grammar and meaning intertwine